With these proportions, I would like to point out the sugar content of a certain diet. In this case, it is relatively high (18% sweet foods). It is also important that most of the starches are in processed (white) form, which elevates insulin levels, leading to obesity over the years.

I do not have any information about the health issues of this family. I only know, from the book, that they like sweet foods and try to cut down on fat by buying low-fat products, which will not lead to low insulin levels.

The alarming fact is that obesity in Great Britain is of epidemic proportions:

Overweight population: 63% male, 59% female.

Obese population: 19% male, 21% female.

Population age 20 and older with diabetes: 3.9%.

If many families have their sugar intake as high as this family, then it is not a surprise if the number of overweight people is higher than the number of normal weight population.

2 comments:

Interesting that this family has not soft drink - not the norm for England I would suspect!! Looking at the family with that food in front of them is kind of scary - all the packaged food!! I think I'd like to do a photo of what we have in our house, might be interesting. You have been very busy indeed lately with all your updates!!